#AEC239#AEC239

#AEC239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.158 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC239
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -24.48, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 67.52, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0731 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.158 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4867, 47.8781, 11.1367)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC239 #4D39C2

analogous

#C29239 #AEC239 #6AC239

triadic

#AEC239 #39AEC2 #C239AE

tetradic

#AEC239 #39C292 #4D39C2 #C2396A

square

#AEC239 #39C292 #4D39C2 #C2396A

split-complementary

#AEC239 #396AC2 #9239C2

monochromatic

#59631D #84932B #AEC239 #C2D266 #D5E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#AEC239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC239

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC239	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.158 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d478',
    500: '#aec239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec239;
$custom-light: #c9d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.759,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77392,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC239

secondary

#958BCB

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC239

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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